Y&R: Potpourri Thread 3

January 18, 201015 yr

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Seriously. Peepaw's no-lips kind of squick me out.

LOL. Word.

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January 18, 201015 yr

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The insane pacing of the Tucker drama makes everyone look stupid

Katherine

Jill

Neil

Ashley

Jack

Mackenzie

Victor

Nikki

Nick

Murphy

Esther

Billy

Paul

Nina

There was AT LEAST a YEAR of story there & TPTB blew threw it in less than 6 months.

January 18, 201015 yr

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The moment they stepped into the hotel room and LikeOMG!Lily started "speaking" French, I had to go search for some Brenda Dickson "Welcome to my Home" in order to stop my brain from hurting. Well, hello!

Apologies for any distress caused.

Hahaha...hilarious!!! I believe the reason why DG announces this stuff about LAME in general is because he really really really needs people to watch the show when LAME is on. Apparently, acting/scenes are not enough to try to convince those of us who find them abhorrent!!! I don't believe he was talking or us telling us around here anyway!! :lol: :lol:

Edited January 18, 201015 yr by JimTolkien

January 18, 201015 yr

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There was AT LEAST a YEAR of story there & TPTB blew threw it in less than 6 months.

It's the Phillip return all over again.

Meanwhile, how long ago was Chance stabbed in the alley? And how long was Daniel in that court case?

January 18, 201015 yr

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It's the Phillip return all over again.

Meanwhile, how long ago was Chance stabbed in the alley? And how long was Daniel in that court case?

Exactly.

All the drama about Tucker, Adam & Patty Jane yet PAUL is MIA?

January 18, 201015 yr

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There was AT LEAST a YEAR of story there & TPTB blew threw it in less than 6 months.

Why waste the time on this story when there is the riviting and exciting story about Ryder and Daisy.

January 18, 201015 yr

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Why waste the time on this story when there is the riviting and exciting story about Ryder and Daisy.

Touche.

January 18, 201015 yr

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Why waste the time on this story when there is the riviting and exciting story about Ryder and Daisy.

"If you don't, like, do what I tell you, Ryder, I will, like, totally get angryzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz."

Whatever Daisy and the writers are smoking, I need a puff.

January 18, 201015 yr

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All the drama about Tucker, Adam & Patty Jane yet PAUL is MIA?

The neglect of Paul has been criminal, and it's not just the fault of the current regime. Depending on how you count, this is the 3rd or 4th regime that has barely tossed him a bone.

January 18, 201015 yr

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The neglect of Paul has been criminal, and it's not just the fault of the current regime. Depending on how you count, this is the 3rd or 4th regime that has barely tossed him a bone.

It's especially glaring when characters he's directly related to are being involved in heavy story.

Paul finds Katherine's daughter yet is NOWHERE around for the reveal is really bad storytelling.

Then having him only play small supporting parts in Patty Jane/Nina's dramas & little to none in Heather's?

Just horrible.

Edited January 18, 201015 yr by DeeeDee

January 18, 201015 yr

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There is something that I have always wondered about. If Chris Engen was still in the role of Adam, would the character have been written off the show? Are the writers only keeping the character on the canvas by not having him pay for his crimes or a redemption arc because they like Micheal Muhney? It wouldn't be the first times tptb wrote for a character simply because they liked the actor.

Poor Paul, just like Neil, is just the short end of the stick.

January 18, 201015 yr

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TPTB need to BEG Beth, Tonya & Tricia to stay but they won't especially with Hogan, Hamner & Rauch around.

Edited January 18, 201015 yr by DeeeDee

January 18, 201015 yr

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TPTB need to BEG Traci, Tonya & Tricia to stay but they won't especially with Hogan, Hamner & Rauch around.

This would automatically make the show 10 times better than it is right now.

January 18, 201015 yr

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This would automatically make the show 10 times better than it is right now.

Too bad it involves 3 40+ women one of which is a minority.

Rauch would have an aneurysm. :lol:

January 18, 201015 yr

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There is something that I have always wondered about. If Chris Engen was still in the role of Adam, would the character have been written off the show? Are the writers only keeping the character on the canvas by not having him pay for his crimes or a redemption arc because they like Micheal Muhney? It wouldn't be the first times tptb wrote for a character simply because they liked the actor.

Poor Paul, just like Neil, is just the short end of the stick.

Yes! I feel very deeply about this. It was too obvious when Adam was exposed for the diary crimes. They never knew what to do with him after that, and sadly when Muhney started raving about that role he got his award---Adam staying on the canvas for a very long time.

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Agreed, I think Blake became a woman who learned from her mistakes and grew up. I too wanted them to be the core couple after the Tori thing, as a matter of fact, around Wheeler after Simon left I wanted them to move into the Bauer house..( I would have Blake say that this is the closet thing she knew as a home )SORAS the kids, and bring Sam back..Dinah would have a very contentious relationship with her, as she would be jealous of Ross and Sam's relationship, and Blake and Dinah would have that tension (ya, know cause she killed his brother) it would be a core family that had some fissures leading to good drama. But now, Wheeler and company though the Coopers should be the core.

By Mitch64 · 51 minutes ago51 min
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Agree that great minds can think alike :)
In terms of Derek, I see the show doing one of two things based on the most recent episodes that featured him.
1) They do the gradual fade-out of the character until he stops appearing and is occasionally mentioned by Jacob (i.e. still living and existing in town, just not being seen). We saw some evidence with him having a group of co workers he's friends with, plus a female co worker interested in him... so possibly we see him regain his walking and go back to his life with the Fire crew and eventually we stop seeing them on air.
2) His mentioning to Jacob that he hopes to win Ashley back signals that perhaps the dark side we saw glimpses of has been hidden and will rear itself if she appears to be moving on with a new guy.
In terms of Ashley, the show seems committed to keeping her character on the show especially since she was shown in the Thanksgiving episode having a quiet day with Jan and Mona as they discuss Black Friday shopping, food, and other day to day matters... so I think delving into her backstory in terms of who her father is would be a good place for the show to go while keeping her as a good friend to Naomi, Shanice, and a good nurse during medical stories.
Perhaps one of the children of the handsome new doctor could be her love interest down the line.

By Soaplovers · 1 hour ago1 hr
As The World Turns Discussion Thread

Re: 1978. I'm glad the unedited version of the episode complete with commercials is available. The one that has been posted several years ago had several segments missing. I like Barbara's long hair here. Dr. Steven Farrell didn't last very long I take it since she is re-connecting with Tom (Tom Tammi) by 1979. The actor playing Steven (Phil Peters) was the real-life husband of Lenore Kasdorf (Rita GL).

By SoapDope78 · 1 hour ago1 hr
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Oh, how I wish we'd gotten to see Ross deal with his teenage sons. I loved his relationships with Phillip and Sam, but he really deserved to be seen with his own kids (other than the horror that became Dinah). The boys simply disappeared off canvas after either the Nursery Stalker or the affair with Tori.

By P.J. · 1 hour ago1 hr
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

What I liked about Bloss is that I liked how they grew to be the stable couple- the closest to an Ed and Mo in their prime. Especially after the Tori story when their extra-marital exploits were in the past. I wanted them to SORAS the three kids, along with Dinah and with Phillip's family as Ross's extended family would really be solid core family material.
With that said, I was rooting against Bloss in 1999 as I really liked the Ross/India pairing-- but that just turned out to be a waste of MKA.

By Spoon · 1 hour ago1 hr
GH: December 2025 Discussion Thread

They did reveal Austin's shooter...about a year and a half later.

By DRW50 · 2 hours ago2 hr
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My Queen Kylie is always trying to get a Christmas hit, so spin it:

By te. · 2 hours ago2 hr
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They did actually resolve who shot Austin over a year later (it was Cyrus, as part of his hasty exit story). That was a last minute save though clearly when they forgot lol.

By Vee · 2 hours ago2 hr
Talkin' 'Bout TV Movies

I love those old TV movies, especially the ones from the 70's and 80's. The ABC movie of the week had a ton of them. Like
Satan's School for Girls (1973)
All My Darling Daughter's (1972)
Gidget Gets Married (1972)
The Girl Who Came Gift Wrapped (1974)
The Two Worlds of Jenny Logan (1979)
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
Death Cruise (1974)
Here is the 70's ABC opening. The theme music "Nikki" was composed by Burt Bacharach and named for his daughter with Angie Dickinson.

By SoapDope78 · 2 hours ago2 hr
Looking back...Primetime Ratings from the 80's

The return of sitcoms' popularity in the mid-'80s was a real thing, but the crash of the wealth-based nighttime soap genre was resonate and self-induced.

There was an effectively grim finality to the mood of the cliffhangers in the Spring of 1985: Bobby's death, the Moldavian massacre, the return of Val's babies... and they felt as if they could have ended right there (and perhaps they should have, although I would have sorely missed S10 of Dallas, S6 of FC, and Season 9 of Dynasty , and the next five years of KNOTS as they singularly maintained quality).

But, wow, these shows just fell apart post-Spring 1985. They stopped being character dramas after a while, and just started trying to "impress" viewers in some superficial way and to "fake it" somehow.

What a painful, unnecessary slide it was. But once these shows seemed to lose their identities, their sense of self, their momentum into the dung heap couldn't be slowed.

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